“Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a persistent fascination with color and form. This fascination inspires my painting. I enjoy painting figures, still lifes and landscapes, but I have lately had a special fascination for barns.  Not only are some barns especially beautiful, but they are becoming an endangered species. I can, at least,  preserve them in my paintings.”

Karuna Kresge-McLaughlin grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State on Owasco Lake . She studied art at Syracuse University, SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Albany, earning  a masters degree in painting and a New York State certification to teach art. 

Life has so far led her to Boston, India, Mexico, and New York City before landing in   Warwick, N.Y.  She currently resides there with her husband, painting and teaching art in her studio.